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AmblesideOnline Exam Questions Year 7-8 Lite Term 2

2. What was the purpose of the Cities of Refuge? How many can you name?

3. "Speak not thou in thine heart, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land. . ." Why did God allow the Israelites to possess the land?

4. "And who is my neighbor?" Tell the story. Or, explain the parable of the rich fool.

Writing/Penmanship

Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.

Dictation

(Assigned passage is in the Exam Key.)

Composition

1. Tell the story of The Thistle and the Rose.

2. "Athelstane, arrayed in the garments of the grave, stood before them, pale, haggard . . ." Tell the story.

3. Summarize one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

English Grammar

1. Write a sentence using three adverbs.

2. Write a sentence using a possessive pronoun.

3. Choose "is" or "are." The yellowed book with hundreds of pages __ faded beyond recognition.

4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words: He went accordingly to the banquet, of which we have already mentioned the principal events. Immediately upon retiring from the castle, the Saxon thanes, with their attendants, took horse; and it was during the bustle which attended their doing so, that Cedric, for the first time, cast his eyes upon the deserter Gurth.

History

1. Tell what you know about King Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, or the Battle of Crecy.

2. Give an account of the Black Death.

3. Give an account of Richard II's usurpation by Henry Bolingbroke.

4. Tell what you know about Henry V's wars with France.

5. What do you know about Joan of Arc?

6. Tell what you know about the War of the Roses.

Geography

1. What do you know about Greenland? Or, Summarize a day at sea on the Kon Tiki.

2. What are floes? Or, Describe Easter Island.

3. Describe Newfoundland. Or, What do you know about the figures on Easter Island?